March Madness in February? Unionization Heats Up College Sports Landscape
On February 5, 2024, Laura Sacks, Regional Director for Region 1 of the National Labor Relations Board (“NLRB”), ruled that players on Dartmouth’s men’s basketball team are “employees” within the...
View ArticleIs the NLRB Overstepping? Proposed Remedy Would Give Unions Hiring Control
The National Labor Relations Board’s (the Board) General Counsel, Jennifer Abruzzo ,has sought stronger remedies for violations of the National Labor Relations Act. Her newest proposed remedy would, in...
View ArticleDisplay of BLM Insignia = Protected Concerted Activity
This is true in the context of existing race discrimination concerns and complaints in this particular (non-union) workplace, according to the National Labor Relations Board in a case involving Home...
View ArticleSo, Dartmouth Won’t Play Ball with the Union…
As our associate Evan Conder reported in a blog post last month, a Regional Director for the National Labor Relations Board issued a game-changing decision that players on Dartmouth’s men’s basketball...
View ArticleGeneral Counsel Abruzzo’s Latest Memorandum Encourages a Further Expansion of...
On April 8, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued GC Memo 24-04, providing yet another memorandum broadening remedies for employees that have been wrongfully...
View ArticleNLRB Injunctions Are Now More Difficult to Obtain, At Least in Some...
In Starbucks Corp. v. McKinney, the Supreme Court held that a more stringent test applied to lawsuits filed by the National Labor Relations Board (the “Board”) that seek injunctions to halt serious...
View ArticleSo, A Union’s Own Unionized Workers Go On Strike…
For those of us labor attorneys who represent management in labor relations, there was a bit of schadenfreude (i.e. pleasure in another’s misfortune) with the news that employees engaged in a strike...
View ArticleNo, You Can’t Fire Employees for Threatening to Strike!
With less than three months until the 2024 presidential election, the United Auto Workers (UAW) union filed unfair labor practice charges against the campaign of Republican presidential nominee Donald...
View ArticleNLRB GC to Seek Broad Remedies for Non-Compete and Stay-or-Pay Provisions –...
As we noted in Part I of this special two-part blog, National Labor Relations Board (NLRB) General Counsel Jennifer Abruzzo issued an important policy memorandum last month. In GC Memorandum 25-01,...
View ArticleThe NLRB Overturns Decades-Old Precedent by Banning Captive-Audience Meetings
The National Labor Relations Board (NLRB or Board) made the inevitable official when it recently held that employee attendance at employer-mandated meetings where employers express their views on...
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